Smoking pipe



J. J. KUNDA SMOKING PIPE Feb. 26, 1952 Filed April 14, 1948 JNVENTOR.JOHN .J. A QNDA A T'TOEMEV Patented Feb. 26, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE SMOKING PIPE John J. Kunda, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application April 14, 1948, Serial No. 20,989

This invention relates to improvements in smoking pipes, and moreparticularly to a novel smoking pipe having a manually operable ashejector.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the type having amember vertically reciprocable within the bowl of the pipe fordislodging the ashes therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ash ejector which isnormally reciprocable within the bowl of the pipe by manual means, butwhich may be released for removal thereof for cleaning of the pipe.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear as thedescription proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,in which:

Fig. l is a view in perspective of a pipe equipped with an ash ejectorattachment embodying my invention with parts broken away and in section.

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section through the pipe bowl.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in plan of the pipe bowl with parts broken awayand in section.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral It refers to apipe bowl, which has a small vertical bore at H thereof to receive a rod[2, which is releasably secured in a slidable socket element E35 bymeans of the set screw Id protruding exteriorly of the pipe bowl througha slot at l5 thereof beneath the bore II and communicating therewith.The coil tension spring I6 is anchored at I! adjacent the bottom of thelining member 23 described below and is connected by its upper end 18with the said socket element IS. The rod l2 has an inverted U-shapedportion at IS with a relatively longer leg thereof 20 which extendsdownwardly within the pipe bowl I0 adjacent the inner side wall 2|thereof. The leg 20 terminates at its lower end in a coiled grateformation 22. The slot at l5 of bowl l0 has a metallic lining member 23which is exteriorly and vertically slotted at 24 to present a relativelyfree sliding surface for the set screw l4 and the socket element I3.

In use, the coil spring It will normally retain the socket element I3 inthe lowermost position within the liner 23. The U-shaped element [9 willthen be brought to bear against the rim 25 of the pipe bowl l0, and thegrate 22 will be horizontally disposed adjacent the interior bottom 26of the pipe bowl. The pipe may then be loaded with tobacco by the user,and it will be seen that the tobacco will be held spaced from the stemopening of the pipe. After the tobacco has burned to ashes, the userwill tip the pipe and by pushing upwardly against the set screw M tolengthen the tension spring I6 will bring the grate 22 up toward the rim25 of the 1 Claim. (01. 131-183)- pipe. At the same time tipping thepipe, the ashes may thus be easily ejected. This operation eliminatesthe necessity for pounding the pipe bowl against some stationary objectin order to release the ashes and partly burned tobacco. After the pipehas been used for a period of time, a cake or coating will tend toaccumulate on the sidewall 2|. In order to remove the grate 22 for thepurpose of reaming or otherwise cleaning the pipe, it is only necessaryfor the user to turn the set screw 14 to the left thus releasing the rodl2. After cleaning, the grate may be replaced and such removal will beinfrequently necessary.

.It will be understood that the device is capable of variousmodifications in structure and design, without departing from the spiritof the invention, within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to besecured by Letters Patent of the United States is:

In combination with a pipe bowl having a vertical slot exteriorlythereof and a reduced bore communicating therewith and open at the brimface of said bowl, a smooth metal lining within said slot, a socketelement slidable in said lining, said socket element having a bore for aportion of its length in the upper portion thereof, an inverted U-shapedrod element, a relatively short leg of said rod element adapted forretention in said socket element, the longer leg of said rod elementextending into the pipe bowl, the lower end of the said longer leg woundto form a flat spiral grate portion, a set screw in said socket elementfor releasably retaining said short leg of said rod element, and acoiled tension spring in said lining connecting said socket element withthe lower portion of said lining to normally retain the grate in loweredposition within the bowl.

JOHN J. KUNDA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 982,383 Meloun et a1 Jan. 24,1911 1,243,803 Bradley Oct. 23, 1917 1,505,655 Marek Aug. 19, 19241,915,534 Johnson et a1. June 27, 1933 2,052,237 McAllaster Aug. 25,1936 2,378,400 Gans June 19, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date3,266 Great Britain of 1873 4,010 Germany Feb. 19; 1879

